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1. VFA SI Solution · SI Solution responding to H.R. 8665 · May 13, 2026

   Secure Allied Defense Sales Authorization Act

   …Clause 1 (provide for common defense) Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (regulate commerce with foreign nations) Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 (declare war and make rules for captures) Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 (appropriations control)

2. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S.J.Res. 37: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

   SJRES 37 is constitutional. It uses Congress's Article I foreign-commerce and duties powers to end an executive emergency tariff regime on Canada, reducing burdens on liberty, property, and due process rather than creating new ones.…

3. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

   S.J.Res. 77: A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.

   SJRES 77 is constitutional. Congress uses its Article I foreign-commerce and duties powers to end an executive emergency tariff on Canada, removing a burden on peaceful exchange, restoring legislative process, and pushing power away from…

4. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 9908: Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act

   …hospital cybersecurity. It is a federal initiative in the area of health and commerce, which falls within Congress's spending and commerce powers. The bill does not infringe on individual rights, does not impose mandates on individuals or…

5. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 226: Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act

   …authority over Indian affairs under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Indian Commerce Clause), which grants Congress the power 'to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.' Taking…

6. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 6207: Chip EQUIP Act

   …restrictions, which is a valid exercise of the spending power. The foreign commerce and national defense implications also fall within Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the defense power…

7. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   Executive Order 14393: Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit

   …the order touches on areas of federal authority over banking and interstate commerce, it raises minor concerns regarding the potential dilution of consumer protections and the centralization of housing finance policy. Overall, the order is…

8. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 14, 2026

   H.R. 2481: Romance Scam Prevention Act

   …measure that falls within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce. It imposes a modest disclosure requirement on online dating services, which are inherently interstate in nature, and does not infringe on any specific…

9. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 13, 2026

   Executive Order 14421: Declaring a National Emergency To Secure the United States Bulk-Power System

   …equipment. While the federal government has clear authority over foreign commerce and national security, the order delegates sweeping discretionary powers to the Secretary of Energy, including the ability to impose conditions on…

10. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 13, 2026

    S. 2: Secure America Act

    …deliberation. While border security is a legitimate federal interest under the Commerce Clause and the plenary power over immigration, the bill's broad delegation of authority and the deployment of advanced surveillance systems without…

11. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 11, 2026

    S. 3945: Tribal Police Department Parity Act

    …not expand federal power beyond existing enumerated authority over interstate commerce and taxation, nor does it infringe on individual rights. The bill enhances tribal sovereignty by treating tribal agencies as equal to other governmental…

12. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 804: Rural Small Business Resilience Act

    …The action falls within Congress's enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce and provide for the general welfare through disaster relief, does not infringe any right, imposes no restriction on individual liberty, respects…

13. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.R. 3062: Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

    …as it operates within Congress's enumerated powers over foreign commerce and interstate commerce, and it does not infringe upon individual rights. The main concern is the requirement for congressional approval before the President can…

14. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 4544: American Access to Banking Act

    …authority over the federal banking system under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Commerce Clause and Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause, plus Clause 5 power to regulate currency and financial system. Directing federal regulators to review…

15. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    H.R. 6955: Main Street Capital Access Act

    Deregulatory banking bill within Commerce and Necessary and Proper powers that reduces federal burdens, imposes no rights infringement, expands private and local decision-making, and takes no property without due process. Regulation of…

16. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14272: Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products

    …232 investigation order stays within presidential execution of a valid foreign-commerce and national-security statute, imposes no rights restriction or property taking, and addresses a subject only the federal level can assess. President…

17. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14289: Addressing Certain Tariffs on Imported Articles

    …takes no property, and operates in the inherently federal field of foreign commerce. Any concern about the broader emergency-tariff regime is mitigated, not worsened, by this order. The power to lay duties and regulate commerce with…

18. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade B (Mostly sound) · Oct 08, 2026

    Executive Order 14297: Delivering Most-Favored-Nation Prescription Drug Pricing to American Patients

    …conduct, stays at the federal level only where foreign trade and interstate commerce require it, and defers takings and process questions to future lawful proceedings. Residual risk is in threatened future rulemaking and approval review,…

19. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade A (Constitutional) · Oct 10, 2026

    H.Res. 177: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to "Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Certification Requirements, Labeling Requirements, and Enforcement Provisions for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment"; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 61) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Rubber Tire Manufacturing"; and providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 11) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeologi

    …not infringe on any constitutional rights or principles. Article I, Section 5, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants each House of Congress the authority to 'determine the Rules of its Proceedings.' This resolution is precisely such a rule,…

20. Constitution Index grade · Constitution grade C (Significant issues) · Oct 14, 2026

    H.R. 8005: Stop Pills That Kill Act

    …constitutional concerns. While Congress has clear authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the interstate drug trade, the bill's expansion of criminal penalties for possessing manufacturing equipment may overreach by criminalizing…